[Onguent du Bec or king's drugs?]

In this XVIIIth century end, between the official drugs of the apothecaries and the remedies of "Empiriques", a common point : their price which makes them dissuasive for the poor people. Since 1710, the royal capacity sets up in the parishes a distribution at moderate price of the drugs for neediest : "les boîtes d'Helvétius" (medicine chest) will be the first steps of a free medical care.